Surrey news: Council freezes funding for crime-prevention group [Video]

When the Surrey Crime Prevention Society is in your neighbourhood, you might slow down – as its young volunteers monitor the speed of passing cars.

Perhaps that graffiti down the street suddenly won’t be there the next time you pass it, after a round of cleaning up.

But Surrey city council’s move this week to suspend $330,000 in funding for the non-profit society is putting much of that work at risk.

“It comes as a shock to all of us, as we had anticipated that we would receive it as we had in the past,” the society’s volunteer president Mani Fallon told CTV News Tuesday. “It’s going to mean changing our programs up, to accommodate our new budgets.”

Coun. Linda Annis didn’t participate in the vote, as it also dealt with Crime Stoppers funding, where she also works – but she disagrees strongly with council’s decision, which also means $50,000 …